Adjustable partition



I 23 l Aug 927 J. R. CLARK ADJUSTABLE PARTITION Filed sept. 5, 1925 A ON Patented Aug. 23, 1927.

UNITED 1,639,795 lxrN-TfA OFFICE. y'

JAMES'R. CLARK, or RocHEs'rEafN-Ew YORK, AssreNoR ,To YAWMAN a ERBE4MANU- FAOTURING tco., or Monsun', YNaw YORK, A CORPORATION OF- NnwYORK.

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Application led September 5, 1925.

The invention relates to adjustable partitions for compartments,particularly to partitions to be used in the drawers of desks of metalconstruction.

The object of the invention is to provide a compartment with anadjustable partition which is simple in construction and may be readilyinserted in and removed from the drawer.

Other objects will appear from the following description, referencebeing made to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a verticalcross sectional view of a drawer with the partitions therein taken onthe plane represented by the line 1-1 of Fig. 2;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of a drawer having several of theadjustable partitions inserted therein, and is partly broken away tomore clearly show one of these partitions; and

Figure 3 is a detailed horizontal cross sectional view taken on theplane represented by the lines 3 3 of Fig. 1.

The drawer shown is of conventional metal construction comprising sides10, bottom 11, front end 12 and rear end 18. The drawer may be supportedfor slidable movement by the guides 14 secured tov the sides.

The partition is composed of single sheet 15y which is bent back onitself at its center to form a rounded top edge 15a, as shown in Fig. 2.Spot-welded between the sides of the partition at one end isan end bar16, havin'g a pair of projecting lugs 16a which are adapted to fit inholes 17 formed in the side of the drawer. Near the other end of thepartition a blank separator 18 is spot-welded between the sides of thepartition. An adjustable end 19 having a pair of lugs 2O adaptedtoproject through corresponding holes in the sides of the drawer, hashorizontal'slots 21 formed therein. This adjustable 'end 19 is slidableinto the space between the sides of the partition, being supported bythe rivets 22 fixed in the partition and which pass through the slots21. A semi-elliptic spring '23, at its center engaging a notch 24 in theadjustable end 19, and having its rounded ends sliding on the edge ofthe blank 18, tends to keep the adjustable bar 19 in its outwardposition, as shown in Fig. 1.

To remove the partition from the drawer it is merely necessary to movethe .partition Serial No. 54,626.

slightly to the right against the pressure of l spaced apertures in thesides thereof, a

double walled partition member having lugs fixed at one end and adaptedto project through the apertures in one side, a bar slidable between thewalls of said partition member and having lugs adapted to roject intoapertures in the other side, an resilient means tending to hold theslidable bar in engagement with the side of the drawer.

2. The combination of a compartment having spaced holes in its sides, adoublewalled partition having lugs fixed at one end adapted to engagesaid holes in one side lugs slidably mounted between the walls 'at theother end of said partition, and resilient meansv urging said lastmentioned lugs outwardly into the holes in the other side.

8. The combination of a compartment having spaced holes in its sides, adouble walled partition sheetshorter than the width of the compartmentvand having` at one end projections adapted to register with the holes inone side of the compartment, a bar slidably mounted between the walls atthe other end and projecting therefrom, said bar having lugs adapted to,engage the holes in the side of the compartment, and resilient means tomaintain said bar in its outward position.

4. An adjustable partition comprising a single sheet bent back on itselfto form a space between its sides, an end piece secured in said space atone end of the partition and having lugs projecting from said end, ablank separator secured in said space near the other end, a bar slidableinto said space at the last mentioned end and having projecting lugs,said bar having slots therein engaging guiding means secured to thesides of the partition, and resilient means engaging said blankseparator and tending to hold said end bai in its outwardprojeotedposition. f

5. An adjustable partitionscomprising a sheet having ixed projections`at one end, a. bar having slots therein and projections thereon, rivetsfreely passing through said slots and secured to said sheet at its otherend, a blank fixed to said sheet in parallel relation to said bar, and asemi-elliptic spring Compressed between said bar and 10 said blank .andhaving its `Center engagingl and held in position by :i notch in .saidbar. In Witness Whereoi hereuntersubsoribe my name this 1st day ofSeptember, 1925.

JAMES R. CLARK.

